Edwin Percy Whipple Quotes

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

The object of education is not to fill a man's mind with facts; it is to teach him how to use his mind in thinking.

It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think.

Few things are as essential as education.

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.

Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.

Learning how to learn is the most precious thing we have in life.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

Learning is a tunnel experience that makes us think more broadly.

Men may be spoiled by education, even as they are spoiled by illiteracy. Education is the preparation of the mind for future work, hence men should be educated with special reference to the work.

I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture.

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.

The basis of anything is education, so that people not only become qualified, but essentially become able to create new knowledge

Education made us what we are.

Education is the development of power and ideal.

We know that education is the key to unlocking human potential.

Do you think it is possible to increase your intellectual ability? For decades, I have studied the power of this belief to become reality and watched as the concept of maintaining a 'growth mindset' has taken root in education and parenting circles.

Learning and the exchange of ideas is dramatic.

Probably the most important piece of advice that I've ever gotten is to develop your mind. I left school very young and I always regretted it.

The whole object of education is...to develop the mind. The mind should be a thing that works.

Through persistent, effective, and diligent work, a person can accumulate knowledge in the form of facts, data, information, and experience. Intelligence, however, can only be gained through obedience. Thus, knowledge is a prerequisite to and foundation for true spiritual intelligence.

Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It's like education. Everyone gets an education; it's just a matter of which one you get.

Physical growth is a function of time. No two-year-old child has ever been six feet tall. Intellectual growth is a function of learning. Spiritual growth is neither a function of time or learning, but it is a function of obedience.

Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.